Takeshi Miike : which one?

Stephen Cremin asianfilmlibrary
Tue Aug 28 18:25:30 EDT 2001


See VISITOR Q.  Unless you're a huge, huge fan of the leading actress,
Hazuki Riona, the first BLACK ANGEL is incredibly painful to sit through,
even if you like the genre.

Stephen

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>From: "philippe" <philippe at dybex.com>
>To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Subject: RE: Takeshi Miike : which one?
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 23:12:58 +0200
>

>Be careful, you're doing a mistake beetween Takashi Miike (visitor Q) and
>Takashi Ishii (Black Angel)...
>
>Have a nice screening tomorow...
>
>Philippe CHRISTIN
>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]De la part de
>> Christophe CRISON
>> Envoy? : mardi 28 ao?t 2001 23:07
>> ? : KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> Objet : Takeshi Miike : which one?
>>
>>
>> A couple of hours ago, I saw City of Strangers.
>>
>> It is visually inventive like very few american director can equal today
>> (except David Fincher of course!), has a form of poetry in it (insects
>> becoming tatoos, a little girl lost in a crazy adult world...), sense of
>> humour (copaeira/brazilian martial art like scenes), expresses views on
>> multi racial japanese society...
>>
>> Too bad it is flooded by a useless and gratuitous violence, and sometimes
>> tiresome yakusa story.
>>
>> Still i'd rather see any Takeshi Miike's pictures than today's Kitano's
>> heavy films.
>>
>> Tomorrow, two movies by Takeshi Miike's can be seen at the
>> Etrange Festival
>> : Visitor Q and Black Angel vol.1
>>
>> since i cannot be in 2 theaters at the same time, which one should i
>> choose...and why?
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe.
>>
>>
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